Device for attaching horseshoes



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D. L. MAYOW & J. M. CASTLE. DEVICE FOR ATTAGHING HORSESHOBS.

No. 440,048. Patented Nov. 4, 1890.

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DANIEL L. MAYOVV JOHN M. CASTLE, OF MOUNT SYLVAN, TEXAS.

DEVICE FOR ATTACHING HORSESHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 440,048, dated November 4, 1890.

Apolication filed May 17, 1890. Serial No. 352,134. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that we, DANIEL L. MAYOW and JOHN M. CASTLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Mount Sylvan, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Attaching Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for attaching shoes to the hoofs of horses or mules without the use of nails; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of devices hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, whereby a nailless shoe can be firmly and securely attached to the foot and detached therefrom without requiring the services of a smith.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a horses hoof with our improved horseshoe attached. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is an under plan of the horseshoe and its attachments. Fig.4 is an under plan of the frog-plate. Fig. 5 is a plan of the steel shoe-plate. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the shoe with the attachinghalf-bands and clamping-screws detached. Fig. 7 is a view of one of the half-bands. Fig. 8 is a view of a flanged toe-bar. Fig. 9 is a view of one of the heel-calks. Fig. 10 is a View of one of the bits or wings secured to the heel of the shoe on each side. Figs. 11 and 12 illustrated modifications, hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a steel shoe-plate, preferably having a plain upper and lower surface and provided with six perforations 2 for passage of the bolts or rivets by which the accompanying parts are attached. Secured to the toe of the shoe 1, preferably on its upper side, is a curved toe-bar 3, having a vertical flange 4' on its inner curved edge, which laps the inner curved edge of the shoe-plate 1 and proj ects vertically a sufficient distance to engage and bear against the rear curved edge of a toe-plate 5, which is attached to the hoof beneath the toe of the shoe in case the front of the hoof should be much worn. If preferred, the flange 4 may be formed on the shoe-plate 1 and the toe-bar 3 dispensed with. This engagement of the flange 4 and plate 5 prevents anyliability of the shoe to slip forward when attached to the hoof.

The toe-bar 3 is provided with perforations 6, and is secured in place by screws, bolts, or rivets 7, passed through said perforations and through the perforations 2 in the toe portion of the shoe. These screws, bolts, or rivets 7 also secure in place a toe-calk 8, and besides connecting the plate 1, toe-bar 3, and toecalk 8 the screws, bolts, or rivets 7 also serve to attach to the upper face of the shoe-plate 1 a pair of detachable springs 9, which project upward in front of the hoof. The lower end of each spring 9 is provided with a laterally-extended base portion 10, bent substantially at right angles to the body of the spring and having a perforation through which the screw bolt or rivet 7 is passed. The extended base portions 10 of the springs 9 are in close contact with the upper surface of the shoe-plate 1 and brace the springs against lateral displacement.

To the heel of the shoe-plate l on each side is secured an upward and forward projecting bit or wing 12, having a shank 13 provided with perforations 14 for passage of screws, bolts, or rivets 15, by which said bits or wings are secured in place. The shanks 13 rest on the top of the shoe-plate 1, and over each shank is placed a heel-bar 16, through which is passed one of the bolts, screws, or rivets that secure the bit. The bolts, screws, or rivets 15 are also passed through the shanks 17 of the heel-calks 18 and through the perforations 2 in the heel of the shoe-plate. The bits 12 and calks 18 project beyond the heel of the shoe, as shown, and the shanks of the heel-calks project forward sufficiently to lap the rear ends of the toe-bar 3 and assist in holding it in place.

Each bit or wing 12 is provided near its forward end with a hooked lug 19 to engage any one of a series of perforations 20 in the rear portion of an adjustable half-band 21, which, together with its fellow, assists in at taching the shoe to the hoof. These halfbands, which conform to the shape of the hoof, are extended forward beneath and engage with hooks 22 on the upper ends of the vertical springs 9, and each half-band is provided at its forward end with two forwardlyrojecting lugs or nuts 23, to receive Ithe couplingbolts 24, by which the shoe .is secured in place. The lugs 23 may be integral with the half-bands 21, or they may be provided with shanks 25, which, together with the forward ends of the half-bands, will be perforated for the passage of bolts, screws, or rivets 26, by which said lugs and half-bands can be ad- 3' ustably connected to suit the size of the hoof.

If desired, a frog-plate 27, of leather, felt, metal, or other suitable material, may be placed in the shoe before it is attached to the hoof. This frog-plate is provided near its toe are so liable to injure the hoof and cause pain and discomfort to the animal. The fastenings do not hurt the hoof and can be easily and quickly adjusted to the size of the foot, so that the shoe can be readily attached or detached without the aid of a smith or farrier. By means of the clamping-bolts 24 the shoe can be fastened more or less tightly, as required, and by adjusting the half-bands 21 or their lugs 23 the fastenings can be readily adapted to the size of the hoof, while the elasticity of the half-bands also permits considerable adjustment in size through the bolts 24 without disturbing the connection of the half-bands and bits.

This shoe and its attachments can be readily made of light but durable material, so as not to be unduly expensive or weighty, and furnishes a convenient means of immediately supplying the loss of the shoe when a smith is not at hand. It will also be observed that this mode of attaching a shoe will check or prevent splitting of the hoof, and will close cracks already formed and obviate narrow heel or other injuries and deformities.

As shown in Figs. 11 and 12, each half-band 21 may be made in two parts, connected by a cross-brace 31, the upper part of said halfband to be adjustably connected by means of perforations 20 with alug 19 on the wing 12, while the lower part of the half-band is adj ustably connected in like manner with a lug 32 on an arm 33, projecting diagonally up-' ward and forward from the outer edge of the wing-shank. In the shank of the heel-call; 18 may be made two or three perforations, as preferred.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. In a nailless horseshoe, the'combination, with the shoe-plate 1 and the toe-plate 5, of the toe-bar 3, having a flange 4 to engage the toe-plate,the bits 12, half-bands 21, and clamping-bolts 24, substantially as described.

2. In a nailless horseshoe, the combination, with the shoe-plate 1, of the toe-bar 3, the toecalk 8, the springs 9, having baseportions 10, the screws, bolts, or rivets-7, the bits 12,halfbands 21, and clamping-bolts 24, substantially as described.

3. In a nailless horseshoe, the'combination, with the shoe-plate 1 and the toe-bar 3, having a semicircular flange 4, of the frog-plate 27, having a semicircular slot 28 to receive the flange 4 on the toe-bar, the bits 12, halfbands 21, and clamping-bolts 24, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL L. MAYOW.

JOHN M. CASTLE.

W'itnesses:

W. R. CASTLE, W. B. CAMPBELL. 

